Maldives

FOOD AND BEVERAGES

Alcohol in Maldives

The legal drinking/purchasing age of alcoholic beverages is 18. However since the Maldives are a Islamic nation, alcohol is banned for the local population as well as any one who is a Muslim.

Cafes and restaurants

Dine underwater without getting wet

In the Maldives, the all-glass, 12-seat Ithaa restaurant sits 16 feet below sea level, and offers 180-degree views of the stingrays, sharks and snapper fish that swim by.